Just for shits and giggles, can you imagine if Kugler was still coach during this time?
He'd have us playing Rice twice this year.
If UTEP wants to replace the 3 cancelled games....
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He'd have us playing Rice twice this year.
But the ULM game is rumored for 9/26. No impact to a possible FSU game on 9/19
Playing Rice twice a year is better than paying SFA to come play in front of 10,000 people. And that’s a big maybe!
Yea but I don’t see Senter giving Dimel four straight road games.
9/12 @ Texas
9/19 @ Florida St
9/26 @ ULM
10/3 off
10/10 @ La Tech
I'm going to go out on a limb and say that there is a 0% chance of that happening
BYU would be an upgrade to Tech. Even in normal times they would be a better draw than Tech. That would be the best case scenario we could hope for. Fill out a 12 game schedule keep the longhorn game upgrade the opponent for the lost Tech game. Plus BYU fans travel much better than Tech fans. With reduced capacity we would have no problem selling whatever the remaining available premium seats there are to The Mormons. That would be hitting the lottery in 2020.
Those are revenue generating seats. If some are available (which may not be because of social distancing) they'll make some available to the other school. This is a common practice.
So is swingin'. Will it be in swingin' in a Florida trailer park or Soho lofts?
Remember, this is UTEP we're talking about.
I asked them the exact same thing and said if I can buy an individual seat if the seats aren't sold out. They told me that no individual seats will be sold.
BYU an upgrade to Tech ?? LMAO! Yeah a bunch of people in Utah would be more inclined to visit El Paso for a UTEP game, than people in Lubbock. LMAO!
An Independent who plays in random ESPN bowls, going 7-5 every year is not an upgrade over Tech!
An Independent who plays in random ESPN bowls, going 7-5 every year is not an upgrade over Tech!
This is still a ****in pandemic. Very few people are going to be traveling around the country to watch football games. Lunacy!
Half the country still thinks this is a fake virus that can be cured with a cup of bleach. People are itching to travel and get out of lockdown.
okay, I'm not saying you guys are wrong, but do you guys really think fans are going to travel? I think maybe if it is a car drive away, but I just don't see people getting on a plane in the near future
Very few people from BYU would travel to the game. Only 32k attended the New Mexico Bowl in 2010.
Nothing is stopping them now. Mormons can travel to El Paso anytime.
Why would someone make travel plans 4 weeks from now based on a football game that probably won’t happen?
Well Minerforlife, who also claimed that UTSA is a bigger rival than NMSU, says BYU in an upgrade over Big 12 member Texas Tech!!! Gotta be true!
There are Mormons all over the country. They come out in droves wherever they play. They have a national following.
Its absurd to compare Tech football to BYU. BYU has much bigger profile. They have much more more tradition and history. It's not close.
I think people are finally starting to see how bad this is. I think people are getting more worried about doing anything now
Why wasn't the New Mexico sold out in 2010? Albuquerque is closer to Provo.
If you’re a Mormon, are you required to like BYU football? How come none of the previous BYU football games sold out here?
What’s there for morons to do in El Paso right now?
I’ve got plans for the road utsa/rice games that are months away.
I don't know. I was hooking up with some mormon chick (I don't know why) but we went to her house for some kind of celebration and I was thinking cool byu is playing in a bowl game... these mofos didn't even turn on the TV
It was a bowl game at a neutral site between two 6-6 teams. 32,000 is damn good and I think has only been eclipsed by UNM playing at home in the bowl. Not to mention that was a very disappointing year for BYU.
You live close to San Antonio and Houston. Easier to cancel plans.
So you're saying if BYU played UTEP in the Sun Bowl they would get more than 32,000 fans?
Okay?? Those plans involve you driving a relatively short distance correct? You’re not driving 12 hours or buying a plane ticket from SLC to EP.
Your plans are a little more flexible yes? Could cancel your hotel the day before and be done with it.
Is canceling a hotel room from a greater distance more difficult? Is it cuz the 5g signal no reach?
Airfare and most likely taking off my work. That's what I'm talking about.
Yes you're getting a minimum 12,000 BYU fans. They have a huge national following like very few schools. It's also why has an independent they have at tv contract with ESPN. If Texh was independent they ain't getting tv deal with ESPN.
No way are 12,000 BYU fans coming to the game.
Just stop. Last season’s Hawaii Bowl had 22,00ish fans and it was against Hawaii. You’re telling me only 10,000 of those were Hawaii fans?
